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Lecture 5.0. Properties of Semiconductors. Importance to Silicon Chips. Size of devices Doping thickness/size Depletion Zone Size Electron Tunneling dimension Chip Cooling- Device Density Heat Capacity Thermal Conductivity. Band theory of Semiconductors. Forbidden Zone – ENERGY GAP.
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Lecture 5.0 Properties of Semiconductors
Importance to Silicon Chips • Size of devices • Doping thickness/size • Depletion Zone Size • Electron Tunneling dimension • Chip Cooling- Device Density • Heat Capacity • Thermal Conductivity
Band theory of Semiconductors • Forbidden Zone – ENERGY GAP Conduction Band Valence Band
Fermi-Dirac Probability Distribution for electron energy, E • Probability, F(E)= • (e{[E-Ef]/kBT}+1)-1 • Ef is the • Fermi Energy
Number of Occupied States Density of States Fermi-Dirac T>0
Difference between Semiconductors and Insulators kBT =0.0257 eV at 298˚K Eg>3.0 eV transparent
Probability of electrons in Conduction Band • Lowest Energy in CB • E-Ef Eg/2 • Probability in CB • F(E)= (exp{[E-Ef]/kBT} +1)-1 ) • = (exp{Eg/2kBT} +1)-1 • exp{-Eg/2kBT} for Eg>1 eV @ 298K kBT =0.0257 eV at 298˚K
Variation of Conductivity with T =d/dT
Intrinsic Conductivity of Semiconductor • Charge Carriers • Electrons • Holes • = ne e e + nh e h • # electrons = # holes • ne e (e+ h) • ne C exp{-Eg/2kBT} ne=2(2 m*e kBT/h2)3/2 exp(-Eg /(2kBT)) Ef=Eg/2+3/4kBT ln(m*h/m*e)
Semiconductor Photoelectric Effect • Light Absorption/Light Emission (photodetector)/(photo diode laser) • Absorption max=hc/Eg
Photodiode Laser • Color depends on band gap, Eg • =hc/Eg Eg>3.0 transparent Pb 0.37 0.27 0.33 IR detectors
Extrinsic Conductivity of Semiconductor • Donor Doping Acceptor Doping • n-type p-type p= 2(2 m*h kBT/h2)3/2 exp(-Ef/kBT) N=nd+ni Law of Mass Action, Nipi=ndpd or =nndn
Extrinsic Conductivity of Semiconductor • Donor Doping Acceptor Doping
Electron Density • Dopant Concentration effects • Electron Density • Electrical Conductivity
Conductivity • Intrinsic Range • Exponential with T • Extrinsic Range • Promoted to CB • • Decreasing , • Joins Intrinsic • Majority/minority Carriers • = ne e e + nh e h
Majority/minority Carriers • Conductivity • = ne e e + nh e h • n-type ne>>nh • Low number of holes due to recombination. • Law of Mass Action • Nipi=ndpd • (For p-type Nipi =nndn )
Extrinsic Conductivity of Semiconductor • Donor Doping Acceptor Doping • n-type p-type Ed = -m*e e4/(8 (o)2 h2) Ef=Eg-Ed/2 Ef=Eg+Ea/2
Effective Mass • Holes • Electrons
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